diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a61be21..acd52af 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [1.9.0] - 2024-06-08
+
+* Add extra argument `cache-on-failure` and forward it to `Swatinem/rust-cache`. (#39 by @samuelhnrq)  
+    Set the default the value to true.
+    This will result in more caching than previously.
+    This helps when large dependencies are compiled only for testing to fail.
+
 ## [1.8.0] - 2024-01-13
 
 * Allow specifying subdirectories for cache.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 223ab23..5899df0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -53,12 +53,14 @@ Afterward, the `components` and `target` specified via inputs are installed in a
 | `toolchain`        | Rustup toolchain specifier e.g. `stable`, `nightly`, `1.42.0`.                         | stable        |
 | `target`           | Additional target support to install e.g. `wasm32-unknown-unknown`                     |               |
 | `components`       | Comma-separated string of additional components to install e.g. `clippy, rustfmt`      |               |
-| `cache`            | Automatically configure Rust cache (using `Swatinem/rust-cache`)                       | true          |
-| `cache-workspaces` | Propagates the value to `Swatinem/rust-cache`                                          |               |
-| `cache-on-failure` | Propagates the value to `Swatinem/rust-cache`                                          |               |
+| `cache`            | Automatically configure Rust cache (using [`Swatinem/rust-cache`])                     | true          |
+| `cache-workspaces` | Propagates the value to [`Swatinem/rust-cache`]                                        |               |
+| `cache-on-failure` | Propagates the value to [`Swatinem/rust-cache`]                                        | true          |
 | `matcher`          | Enable problem matcher to surface build messages and formatting issues                 | true          |
 | `rustflags`        | Set the value of `RUSTFLAGS` (set to empty string to avoid overwriting existing flags) | "-D warnings" |
 
+[`Swatinem/rust-cache`]: https://github.com/Swatinem/rust-cache
+
 ### RUSTFLAGS
 
 By default, this action sets the `RUSTFLAGS` environment variable to `-D warnings`.
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index f0ea3d2..fa6bd89 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ inputs:
     required: false
   cache-on-failure:
     description: "Also cache on workflow failures"
-    default: "false"
+    default: "true"
     required: false
   matcher:
     description: "Enable the Rust problem matcher"